We have always wondered how we could find budding new artistes in any new field and follow their growth and trajectory towards greatness. In this short talk, Ravin Agarwal introduces us to 10 new young Indian artists. It is worth a look...
The first is Bharti Kher. The central motif of Bharti's practice is the ready-made store-bought bindi that untold millions of Indian women apply to their foreheads, every day, in an act closely associated with the institution of marriage. But originally the significance of the bindi is to symbolize the third eye between the spiritual world and the religious world. She says she first got started with 10 packets of bindis, and then wondered what she could do with 10 thousand.
Balasubramaniam, really stands at the crossroads of sculpture, painting and installation, working wonders with fiberglass.
Brooklyn-based Chitra Ganesh is known for her digital collages, using Indian comic books called amar chitra kathas as her primary source material.
Jitish Kallat successfully practices across photography, sculpture, painting and installation.
N.S. Harsha is putting a contemporary spin on the miniature tradition.
Dhruvi Acharya builds on her love of comic books and street art to comment on the roles and expectations of modern Indian women.
Rakib Shah too is reinventing the miniature tradition.
Raqs Media Collective are really three artists working together and are probably the foremost practitioners of multimedia art in India today, working across photography, video and installation.
Subodh Gupta celebrates local and mundane objects globally, and on a grander and grander scale, by incorporating them into ever more colossal sculptures and installations.
Ranjani Shettar creates ethereal sculptures and installations that really marry the organic to the industrial.
All in all new and exciting artistes to look forward to.
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